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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84" title="غربال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غربال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porgadero" title="Porgadero – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Porgadero" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fl%C9%99k" title="Ələk – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ələk" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panyarakaian" title="Panyarakaian – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Panyarakaian" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridell" title="Ridell – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ridell" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbell" title="Garbell – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Garbell" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Ала – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ала" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADto" title="Síto – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Síto" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisunguro" title="Chisunguro – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Chisunguro" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_(filter)" title="Si (filter) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Si (filter)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieb" title="Sieb – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sieb" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B5el" title="Sõel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sõel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B9%A0d%C3%A2z" title="Ṡdâz – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Ṡdâz" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedazo" title="Cedazo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cedazo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kribrilo" title="Kribrilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kribrilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahe" title="Bahe – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bahe" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9" title="الک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamis" title="Tamis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tamis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4_(%EB%8F%84%EA%B5%AC)" title="체 (도구) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체 (도구)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B2" title="Մաղ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մաղ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sito" title="Sito – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sito" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivo" title="Sivo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sivo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayakan" title="Ayakan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ayakan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigti" title="Sigti – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sigti" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setaccio" title="Setaccio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Setaccio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayakan" title="Ayakan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Ayakan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF" title="ಜರಡಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಜರಡಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkooko" title="Inkooko – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Inkooko" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mak%C3%AA%C5%9F" title="Makêş – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Makêş" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Элек – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Элек" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cribrum" title="Cribrum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cribrum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sietas" title="Sietas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Sietas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeef" title="Zeef – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Zeef" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Сито – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сито" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA" title="അരിപ്പ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അരിപ്പ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84" title="غربال – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="غربال" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeef" title="Zeef – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zeef" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AF%A9" title="篩 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="篩" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peglicc" title="Peglicc – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Peglicc" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sew" title="Sew – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sew" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sil" title="Sil – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sil" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sil" title="Sil – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sil" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed%C3%A0s" title="Sedàs – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sedàs" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elak" title="Elak – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Elak" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DD%A8%DB%8C" title="چھانݨی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چھانݨی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sito" title="Sito – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sito" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coador" title="Coador – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Coador" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit%C4%83" title="Sită – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sită" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suysuna" title="Suysuna – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Suysuna" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Сито – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сито" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulluesja" title="Kulluesja – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kulluesja" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitazzu" title="Sitazzu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Sitazzu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve" title="Sieve – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sieve" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8E%DA%98%D9%86%DA%AF" title="بێژنگ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بێژنگ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayakan" title="Ayakan – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Ayakan" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seula" title="Seula – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Seula" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A5ll" title="Såll – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Såll" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="அரிதட்டு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அரிதட்டு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A1" title="జల్లెడ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="జల్లెడ" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Элак – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Элак" 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Tool for separation of solid materials by particle size</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the tool. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Sieve_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Sieve (disambiguation)">Sieve (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Sift" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Sift_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Sift (disambiguation)">Sift (disambiguation)</a>.</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Drainer" redirects here. For the music culture, see <a href="/wiki/Drain_Gang" title="Drain Gang">Drain Gang</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg/220px-Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg/330px-Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg/440px-Laboratory_sieves_BMK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Metal laboratory sieves</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg/220px-Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg/330px-Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg/440px-Ami_shakushi.Scoop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="727" /></a><figcaption>An <i><a href="/wiki/Ami_shakushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ami shakushi">ami shakushi</a></i>, a Japanese ladle or scoop that may be used to remove small drops of batter during the frying of <i><a href="/wiki/Tempura" title="Tempura">tempura</a></i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gezer_(6).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Gezer_%286%29.png/220px-Gezer_%286%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Gezer_%286%29.png/330px-Gezer_%286%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Gezer_%286%29.png/440px-Gezer_%286%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1028" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption>ancient sieve</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>sieve</b>, <b>fine mesh strainer</b>, or <b>sift</b>, is a tool used for <a href="/wiki/Separation_process" title="Separation process">separating</a> wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the <a href="/wiki/Particle_size" title="Particle size">particle size</a> distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a <a href="/wiki/Warp_and_weft" title="Warp and weft">woven</a> <a href="/wiki/Mesh" title="Mesh">mesh</a> or <a href="/wiki/Net_(device)" title="Net (device)">net</a> or <a href="/wiki/Perforation" title="Perforation">perforated</a> sheet material.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word <i>sift</i> derives from <i>sieve</i>. </p><p>In cooking, a <b>sifter</b> is used to separate and break up clumps in dry ingredients such as <a href="/wiki/Flour" title="Flour">flour</a>, as well as to aerate and combine them. A <b>strainer</b> (see <a href="/wiki/Colander" title="Colander">Colander</a>), meanwhile, is a form of sieve used to separate <a href="/wiki/Suspension_(chemistry)" title="Suspension (chemistry)">suspended</a> <a href="/wiki/Solids" class="mw-redirect" title="Solids">solids</a> from a liquid by <a href="/wiki/Filtration" title="Filtration">filtration</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sieving">Sieving</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sieve&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sieving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sieving is a simple technique for separating particles of different sizes. A sieve such as used for sifting flour has very small holes. Coarse particles are separated or broken up by grinding against one another and the screen openings. Depending upon the types of particles to be separated, sieves with different types of holes are used. Sieves are also used to separate stones from sand. Sieving plays an important role in food industries where sieves (often vibrating) are used to prevent the contamination of the product by foreign bodies. The design of the industrial sieve is of primary importance here.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Triage" title="Triage">Triage</a> sieving refers to grouping people according to their severity of injury. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wooden_sieves">Wooden sieves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sieve&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wooden sieves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wooden_sieve_one_eighth_mesh.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Wooden_sieve_one_eighth_mesh.PNG" decoding="async" width="155" height="159" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="159" /></a><figcaption>A wooden mesh in which the withes were one eighth of an inch wide and set the same distance apart. This would be used on an English farm of the Victorian era to sift grain, removing dust and soil.</figcaption></figure> <p>The mesh in a wooden sieve might be made from wood or <a href="/wiki/Wicker" title="Wicker">wicker</a>. Use of wood to avoid contamination is important when the sieve is used for sampling.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henry Stephens, in his <i>Book of the Farm</i>, advised that the <a href="/wiki/Withe" title="Withe">withes</a> of a wooden <a href="/wiki/Riddle_(tool)" title="Riddle (tool)">riddle</a> or sieve be made from <a href="/wiki/Fir" title="Fir">fir</a> or <a href="/wiki/Willow" title="Willow">willow</a> with <a href="/wiki/American_elm" class="mw-redirect" title="American elm">American elm</a> being best. The rims would be made of fir, <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> or, especially, <a href="/wiki/Beech" title="Beech">beech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="US_standard_test_sieve_series">US standard test sieve series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sieve&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: US standard test sieve series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Sieve_analysis" title="Sieve analysis">sieve analysis</a> (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used (commonly used in <a href="/wiki/Civil_engineering" title="Civil engineering">civil engineering</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sedimentology" title="Sedimentology">sedimentology</a>) to assess the particle size distribution (also called gradation) of a granular material. Sieve sizes used in combinations of four to eight sieves.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Designations and Nominal Sieve Openings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Tyler </th> <th rowspan="2">Nominal </th> <th colspan="2">Sieve </th></tr> <tr> <th>opening </th></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>5 inch</td> <td>125 millimetres (4.9 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>4.24 inch</td> <td>106 millimetres (4.2 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>4 inch</td> <td>100 millimetres (3.9 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inch</td> <td>90 millimetres (3.5 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.97 inch</td> <td>3.0 inch</td> <td>75 millimetres (3.0 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inch</td> <td>63 millimetres (2.5 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>2.12 inch</td> <td>53 millimetres (2.1 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.10 inch</td> <td>2 inch</td> <td>50 millimetres (2.0 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inch</td> <td>45 millimetres (1.8 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1.48 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inch</td> <td>37.5 millimetres (1.48 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inch</td> <td>31.5 millimetres (1.24 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1.05 inch</td> <td>1.06 inch</td> <td>26.5 millimetres (1.04 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>1 inch</td> <td>25.0 millimetres (0.98 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.883 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch</td> <td>22.4 millimetres (0.88 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.742 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inch</td> <td>19.0 millimetres (0.75 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.624 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch</td> <td>16.0 millimetres (0.63 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.525 inch</td> <td>0.530 inch</td> <td>13.2 millimetres (0.52 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td>1/2 inch</td> <td>12.5 millimetres (0.49 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.441 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inch</td> <td>11.2 millimetres (0.44 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>0.371 inch</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch</td> <td>9.5 millimetres (0.37 in) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_types">Other types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sieve&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinois" title="Chinois">Chinois</a>, or conical sieve used as a strainer, also sometimes used like a <a href="/wiki/Food_mill" title="Food mill">food mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocktail_strainer" title="Cocktail strainer">Cocktail strainer</a>, a bar accessory</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colander" title="Colander">Colander</a>, a (typically) bowl-shaped sieve used as a strainer in cooking</li> <li>Flour sifter or bolter, used in flour production and baking</li> <li>Graduated sieves, used to separate varying small sizes of material, often soil, rock or minerals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesh" title="Mesh">Mesh</a> strainer, or just "strainer", usually consisting of a fine metal mesh screen on a metal frame <ul><li>Laundry strainer, to drain boiling water from laundry removed from a <a href="/wiki/Wash_copper" title="Wash copper">wash copper</a>, usually with a wooden frame to facilitate manual handling with hot contents</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickle_lifter" title="Pickle lifter">Pickle lifter</a> – Device for lifting pickled goods from a container</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riddle_(tool)" title="Riddle (tool)">Riddle</a>, used for soil</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spider_(utensil)" title="Spider (utensil)">Spider</a>, used in Chinese cooking</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamis" title="Tamis">Tamis</a>, also known as a drum sieve</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_strainer" title="Tea strainer">Tea strainer</a>, specifically intended for use when making tea</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zaru" title="Zaru">Zaru</a></i>, or bamboo sieve, used in Japanese cooking</li></ul> <dl><dt>Other uses</dt></dl> <ul><li>"Sieve" is a common term used in <a href="/wiki/Trash-talk" class="mw-redirect" title="Trash-talk">trash-talk</a> referring to a <a href="/wiki/Goaltender" title="Goaltender">goaltender</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> who lets in too many goals<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Leaks like a sieve" is an English language idiom to describe a container that has multiple leaks, or, by allegory, an organization whose confidential information is routinely disclosed to the public.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sieve&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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